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H. A. HESS. STAPLE EXTRAGTOR.

No. 262,542. Patented Aug. 8, 1882.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR X ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. HESS, OF NIRA, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH A. OGLE, OF SAME PLACE.

STAPLE-EXTRACTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,542, dated August 8, 1882.

' Application filed June 3, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. HEss, aeitizen of the United States, resident at Nira, in the county of Washington and State of Iowa,

have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Staple-Extractors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specifica-tion, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is arepresentation of a side view of my extractor. Fig. 2 is an 1 edge view of the same, and Fig. 3 is an end view.

This invention has relation to means for drawing the staples of wire fences; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a pair of centrally-notched jaws pivoted together and provided one with a leverhandle and the other with a short bent fulcrumextension terminating in or nearly in line with the biting ends of thejaws, as hereinafter set forth. Y

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a designates the inner or shorter jaw, the biting end h of which is laterally turned. This jaw is formed with a longlever-handle,g, whereby 0 the instrument is operated.

6 represents the outer or longer jaw, laterally arranged with reference to the jaw a and extending across the same at 0, where it is pivoted to the lever-jaw. This jaw is bent in 3 5 form, and is provided with a short bent arm or fulcrum-extension, b, which is turned outward on the side of the lever-jaw opposite the fulcrum jaw b and terminates in a bearing end, (1', which is in line or nearly in line with the biting ends h of thejaws. The biting ends h are centrally notched, at k, the size of the notch being suflicient to take in the fence-wire or a portion thereof. Each jaw has therefore a double or forked biting end, as indicated in the drawings.

'In using this instrument the biting ends h are placed so as to straddle the fence-wire and grip the branches of the staple on the sides thereof. Thefulcrum-extension b is brought to bear on the post, or on that portion of the fence-wire which is against the same, and the lever-handle is pressed toward the fence-wire, this action easily drawing the staple; or, the biting ends h may be made to straddle the staple and catch under the fence-wire at each side thereof. In this position the fulcrum-arm 'b is brought to bear against the post, and by operating the lever-handle the fence-wire will be drawn away from the post and the staple extracted.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

A fence-wire staple-extractor consisting of the laterally-arranged jaws a 0, having the 6 straddle-notches k, pivoted together at 0, and provided one with a lever-handle, g, and the other with a short fulcrum-extension, b, terminating in line or nearly in line with the giting ends of the jaws, substantially as speci- In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY A. HESS. WVitnesses:

J OSEPH A. OGLE, W. H. EVERSON. 

